8 Culture Ikaho's Initial D Manhole Covers Linka Wade In 2020, Shibukawa City celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Initial D anime by installing 7 Initial D themed manhole cover...
Culture Chatsubomi Moss Park Linka Wade Chatsubomi Moss Park is a stunning natural area tucked away in the mountains near Kusatsu Onsen. The park is truly a place li...
Culture Hara Museum ARC Kim Hara Museum ARC was opened in Gunma Prefecture back in 1998, as an annex to Tokyo's Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. The muse...
Culture Tomihiro Art Museum Kim The Tomihiro Art Museum showcases the works of Tomihiro Hoshino, a former gymnastics coach who was paralyzed from the neck do...
6 Culture Usaburo Kokeshi Factory Kim Gunma's Usaburo Kokeshi Factory offers kokeshi dolls for sale, the chance to see a working kokeshi doll factory up close, and...
Culture Kusatsu Dorothee Tsunoda Kusatsu is one of the most famous onsen places in Gunma. Each year, international and Japanese tourists flow to the town to t...
Culture Painting Daruma Dolls in Takasaki Gloria Ticconi At Daimonya in Takasaki in Japan's Gunma prefecture, you can paint your own Daruma doll, a traditional painted doll which mak...
Culture Baelz Memorial Hall, Kusatsu Peter Sidell In the hot-spring resort of Kusatsu in Japan's Gunma prefecture, Baelz Memorial Hall is a small but interesting museum about ...
10 Culture 100 Year Stone Making Experience Aline Laborde Once it emerges from the onsen water, the stone’s surface has completely eroded away except for the area covered in paint, le...
11 Culture Kosenji Temple Aline Laborde Kosenji temple is a Buddhist temple that celebrates the glory of Kusatsu Onsen. It is located up the hill from Yubatake (湯畑...
